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The U.S. and U.K. carried out strikes against targets in Yemen, escalating tensions sparked by a spate of Houthi maritime attacks in the Red Sea.

The United States and the UK launched several airstrikes on Houthi military sites around the Yemeni capital Sanaa before dawn Friday (December 12, 2024), Houthi-controlled Saba news agency and residents said.

The strikes killed at least five people and wounded six, the Houthis said, without elaborating on what was targeted.

Here's everything you need to know about the conflict that has broken out in the Red Sea with British and US forces bombing sites in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels

The U.S. and U.K. carried out strikes against targets in Yemen, escalating tensions sparked by a spate of Houthi maritime attacks in the Red Sea.

The United Kingdom described its strikes hitting a site in Bani allegedly used by the Houthis to launch drones and an airfield in Abbs used to launch cruise missiles and drones

Britain and the United States have launched missile and air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi militants, prompting rebel officials to warn that the allies would pay a “heavy price” in response.

U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemens Houthi rebels in response to their attacks on Red Sea shipping pulled the worlds focus Friday back on the years-long war raging there, even as tensions rise across a Middle East already torn by Israels war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Twelve nations led by the United States warned the Houthis on January 3 of “consequences” unless they immediately stopped attacks on commercial vessels.

The president has already been subject to protests outside the White House and barbs from Democratic congressmen over the air strikes.